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2title: "Death's trumpet"
3id: deathstrumpet
4genre: verse
5
6project:
7 title: Elegies for alternate selves
8 class: elegies
9 order: 28
10 prev:
11 title: 'To Daniel: an elaboration'
12 link: todaniel
13
14epigraph:
15 content: |
16 So Death plays his little [fucking](apollo11.html) trumpet.
17 So what, says the boy.
18 attrib: Larry Levis
19...
20
21He didn't have any polish so he spit-shined the whole thing, \
22top to bottom. It gleamed like maybe a tomato on the vine \
23begging to be picked and thrown on some caprese. Death loved caprese.
24
25He stood up and put the horn to his lips, imagining \
26it was a woman he loved. He blushed as he realized \
27it was a terrible metaphor. \
28He practiced for six hours a day---what else to do?
29
30Death looks at [himself in the mirror][moongone] as he plays. \
31The trumpet is suspended in midair. Damn vampire rules. \
32Death is always worried he might have missed a spot shaving \
33but he'll never know unless a stranger is polite enough. \
34Not that he ever goes out or meets anyone.
35
36He wakes up late these days. Stays in bed later. \
37He thinks he might be depressed. The caprese has gotten soggy \
38since he made it, maybe three days ago or maybe just two. \
39The sun streams through his kitchen blinds like smoke. \
40He decides to go to the arcade. When he gets there,
41
42there's only a [little boy][] with dead eyes. So far so good. \
43He's playing a first-person shooter. Death walks past him \
44and watches out of the corner of his eye. The kid's good. \
45Death wants to congratulate him. His trumpet is in his hand.
46
47[moongone]: moongone.html
48[little boy]: angeltoabraham.html